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Complex integration<\/strong>7 days and 100 pages of manual to integrate PayPal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Massive losses<\/strong>40 billion USD per year in defaulted payments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Frustrated developers<\/strong>The learning curve and integration time slowed down innovation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nThe solution: extreme simplicity<\/h2>\n
Stripe released an API with just seven lines of code that any developer could copy and paste to start charging online in minutes. When showing this prototype to PayPal, executives laughed: \"It's impossible to make it that simple,\" they said. But the reality was different: the simplicity appealed to startups and large enterprises alike.<\/p>\n
Explosive growth<\/h2>\n
Stripe launched to the public in 2011 at the perfect time:<\/p>\n
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Shopify<\/strong> was taking off.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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App stores were multiplying.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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The model SaaS<\/strong> growth was unprecedented.
The result was an incredible increase in processed volume:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
2011: 1 M USD processed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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2012: 100 M USD processed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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2013: 1 B USD processed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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2015: USD 20 B processed
Traditional banks called this \"beginner's luck\"; it later became clear that it was pure product strategy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBeyond payments<\/h2>\n
The mission to \"grow Internet GDP\" led Stripe to diversify:<\/p>\n
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Atlas<\/strong>platform to create companies in the U.S.A.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Radar<\/strong>Fraud prevention with machine learning.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Issuing<\/strong>corporate cards made to measure.
Each new product simplified another major business challenge and strengthened Stripe's value proposition.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nValuation and lessons of success<\/h2>\n
In 2021 Stripe reached a valuation of USD 95 billion, more than giants such as Goldman Sachs or BMW, and placed Patrick, at just 32 years old, among the world's youngest billionaires.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nKeys to the triumph<\/h3>\n
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Simplicity always wins<\/strong>: eliminating complexity is a powerful differentiator.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Developer happiness first<\/strong>A good product for developers attracts business.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Long-term vision<\/strong>Think in decades, not quarters.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Humility and perseverance<\/strong>Success does not accelerate without daily work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Solving real problems<\/strong>focus the product on tangible needs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
In Metamedia Cloud, we integrate Stripe<\/strong> as a payment method in all our e-commerce projects, guaranteeing the acceptance of credit and debit cards in the most efficient way. secure<\/strong> y simple<\/strong> for your customers. \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n
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